hime software package provides GTK+ based input method for Chinese users, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install hime
hime is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hime package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hime *
You will get with hime package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | hime |
| Version | 0.9.10+git20150916+dfsg1-2 |
| Description | GTK+ based input method for Chinese users |
| Sub Section | Utils |